Chapter 14:

I walked to the kitchen, slowly I began to wash the mug Luna had used stopping quickly I noticed there was a very dark lipstick upon the mug, a slightly wider pattern than a human no where near the same as if a horse or pony from earth did that though… I brushed the waxy lipstick I hadn’t noticed any on her I wiped it off before finishing cleaning it, I took the paper I have kept in the bread barrel, walking out and up the staircase I placed it on my desk taking a few pencils and rulers out before continuing some pleasant designing ‘I wonder if this could be a fathomable business here… no probably not… but The princess was on about some things and Twilight seemed to know – ok so it could but who’d buy sex toys and equipment from an alien? Meh I’ll think about that bridge when I come to it’ I tapped the pencil to my nose unable to bring thoughts of creation to mind as I was stuck thinking. My mind awash with thoughts I slowly came into focus on a few – one a solar powered train for transport, 2 a human restaurant might be interesting to build and run in Equestria, 3 a sex / fetish shop perhaps there were things they needed help with and finally talking to the nobels – ‘perhaps a few businesses would be a good place to start – that’s what I did in my… own reality.’
The feelings reverberated from those words in my head drifting from Luna and I talking about loss and family… I hadn’t even made a proper will and the only two devices with my last wishes were here and the other one was off with a long password in London. “Perhaps they’ll guess… eurgh no… no they wont” I lent back on the chair upset by my revelation – I had written a small document I suppose a draft of a will since I earned my first £100K, as advised by Jack… ‘ damnit… I hope they’re all ok’ I could feel silent tears begin to fall down my cheek I couldn’t fathom the emotion if I thought about Samantha or Nick or my family… ‘Fuck’ a large lump in my throat caught me off guard; you can’t not think about something… I simply sat staring up to the ceiling as tears began down my face, I could see each face of my family rise to my mind’s eye fading to black each bought a new lump in my throat that seemed to pull into the rest of my lump already choking me; my friends… the promises I never got to keep I wasn’t sure if I was upset for myself, for them or my own selfish ambitions I’ve lost.

Seeds of self-pity started to grow only to stop making me jump at the sound of a teleported individual came into the house I stalled mentally for a second or two before speeding into the toilet to try and sort myself out before anyone had the chance to make things awkward. “hello… anypon… anyhuman home?” I chuckled with a small sniff at the awful guess at human grammar, I wiped my eyes “give me a little bit of time and I’ll meet you downstairs,” Hoof steps left the room and I finished getting my emotions in check before leaving to meet Tia downstairs.
As I walked downstairs I came across an interesting sight; Tia was looking at my designs and my little list of new goals… I placed a foot stupidly on a loud part of the creaking staircase – the royal mask was back and the paper teleported with a barely auditable pop as I assumed they went back to where they were originally – or so I presumed. I continued to walk down the stairs “G’mornin’ Tia, how are you?”
The mask she adorned was perfect – she should take up poker “good morning Dex, I am well, we finished the suits and I just need to shrink or grow it to suit you is that ok?” with the bluntness I was a little taken aback while walking into the kitchen, “er ok… whoa,” Tia blushed slightly “sorry… I forgot your preferences,” as she lowered the shirt she had pulled off with her magic I grinned “well if you wanted me I could never refuse a Goddess,” I pulled a serious looking face she giggled throwing me off balance with my charade, “My ~ well I’ll keep that in mind then My Little Human,” I blinked a few times unsure of a sudden jest or total seriousness on her part.
She relaxed and showed no signs to tell… ‘well shit – funny pun now I’m not sure if I’ll be pulled into some shit-storm or kept as a joke’
She levitated a white thick looking suit and almost a goldfish bowl attached to it; it was opened by the back and had a large metal box on the back the boots looked like my newrock boots… in fact I think they had taken them and used them as the base for it. The knees and other joints looked flexible but had some metal armor that slid over other plates for movement – as odd as it may be it looked good between the Apollo mission suits and a medieval suit of armor. Before I could say or stare much more Tia levitated me up taking my shoes and jeans off “hey I can dress myself,” Tia smiled… the kind of smile that made everyone nervous but it looked sincere; “you said you wouldn’t refuse me Human,” that was a little more husky than her normal voice… I was blushing I felt helpless the tingling sensation of magic on skin but all over myself was exciting as if someone got a violet wand but all over… ‘Margret thatcher in a bikini… Margret thatcher in a bikini’ I started mentally chanting before anything got out of hand so to speak…
I was slowly slid like some doll into the Kevlar/rubber suit letting my mind free of the image I could relax as the suit was rigid enough to … hide the unusual effect of magic and helplessness on the whole human body… ok if I wasn’t masochistic at times maybe it would be less but I digress.

Slowly the suit was on, the whole thing looked like I’d been draped in very large clothing the suit was slowly zipped and then clamped shut at my back where I had been pushed in, slowly I could feel Tia’s Magic glow around the suit too as it began to change and slide closer eventually as close as my catsuit but much more rigid and it squeezed more on me – a good way around blowing the suit up like a balloon I suppose then it hit me the backpack wasn’t attached I could feel a lack of oxygen begin to fill fog in my mind no radio or technology I lifted my arm against the magic Tia still had on me she realized and her horn glowed at the very tip ‘What is it Dex I’m just about to finish’ … ‘what are you doing in my head?’ … You wanted to talk oh… tis foggy in here right I’ll just finish and have you out in a jiffy’
“That’s creepy…” Celestia obviously couldn’t hear me they had done a good job; the suit was airtight at least. I focused on my breathing, closing my eyes as I waited to get out – I had unfortunately 2 sides of this experience one from martial arts training and the other when a Vac-Bed went wrong… both times taught me being calm is the best way to get through it. I waited for what seemed an age, I opened an eye in curiosity to find both princesses laughing presumably at me as I slowly breathed in and out slowly changing colour Tia saw my eye open and slowly unzipped the back I gasped greedily sucking in the cool fresher air feeling the fog lifting on my mind I then got shivers down my spine as both the fog lifting and the newly attached hold of magic began to attack my twisted mind I was pulled from the suit, not quite thinking clearly I was pulled out only to watch as Luna again blushed and looked both amused and disturbed, Tia on the other hand looked a little embarrassed as I continued to gulp air my chest rising and falling as I my body continued to trade the carbon buildup in my blood for oxygen, Tia quickly pulled my t shirt back onto me and pulled my trousers up before taking me into the living room away from the still Laughing princess of the night. She sat me down head on her hind thighs as I continued to breathe slowing much faster now my body felt a balance back in my blood, the mask broke completely “I’m sorry,” so soft were these words spoken it may have been Fluttershy looking at me, I just smiled “no worries just getting my breath back is all,” she gave me a stern look “you’ve done that before haven’t you?” she quickly levitated me away onto my own patch of the sofa “you..” I wasn’t sure of what she or I had done that caused such emotions so I did what any idiot who prefers to touch than talk does – I pulled her into a hug “sorry… I don’t quite know what I did but I’m sorry for upsetting you, forgive me?” she chuckled “it wasn’t you… I just focused on having a quick laugh when we saw your face in the suit I should’ve been much more… responsible than that.”

“Well I can’t argue there,” I smiled just as Tia looked like I’d stabbed her in the heart “but I’m guessing even if it was thousands of years ago you were not always a princess and if you’re going to be irresponsible around anyone make sure its me… I think I’m a lot more used to silly but deadly games than your subjects – Heck my own best mates accidentally hanged me for a short while once” Tia had a few mixed emotions on show the very odd pep talk had a reaction to her, I could see worry in her eyes, she was upset as she had a glisten of a tear but the part that made it almost chaotic was her lips a smile and horror was placed on her lips like a rip off of a horror film it was funny but you knew you shouldn’t even laugh. “Who… why… can I?” Tia seemed to trip on these thoughts as well as my offer she seemed to stop and collect her thoughts “firstly why would you talk about a hanging as if it was a good thing!” Luna popped her head through the doorway at this outburst still half smiling raising ‘the brow’ in question of the question just shouted out by her sister…

“I better tell you the story then shouldn’t I? I grew up with some very good friends but as all boys seem to be we used to get into trouble fighting, getting filthy or doing something stupid…” Luna sat down on the floor watching with Tia as I wove the story to them, “ I was younger… a little fatter but healthy and a nuisance when given the proper conditions” Tia gave a quick glance to Luna who gave her a rolled eyes in response before I continued “ my friends Andy and Edd were always hanging out with me we used to fight, make things and play on the hills around our country homes – some of my best memories are ones with violent endings” I chuckled as the Two regal sisters looked at each other as if to question my sanity “we had just built a rope swing from a tall tree that reached out over a small hill’s side – can you guess who got voted to test it? I did so we got me onto the small piece of wood acting as my seat as soon as I started to swing…” I paused much to Luna’s annoyance “ the seat of wood broke I slipped my sudden attempts to grab the rope had it coiled around my neck…” I looked to the royalty now captured like foals by the story “I could remember it now the feeling of the rope around my neck and arm the pain as it squeezed me and then my fury as my friends below were laughing at my pain and misfortune.” Luna looked away slightly and Tia looked shocked “I couldn’t laugh cus the rope was too damn tight but I smiled as it was pretty funny, although after a few moments I was managing to scream at them to get me down – and that they did but you see, from my point of view it was a funny moment and pure luck I didn’t die but I also got into that mess, I have to admit I almost killed those two for not helping me quicker when I got down.” I chuckled thinking back on my encounter with death if only at a distance the first time. Tia smiled gently – “you… are one strange beast,” I laughed heartily at this Luna joined us and eventually Tia giggled I could almost feel relief coming from her.

Tia unfortunately had to go back to the official speech after the Grand galloping Gala – which I hadn’t realized had come and gone – explained why Twilight was around so much though to me in any case. Luna and I had been left to our own devices.
“so our first mission is soon to be upon us, you’ll need to be in suit and in the craft before its taken out of the hanger, you’ll be ok with the suit won’t you?”
I think Luna was checking to see if the prank had indeed upset me, “that’ll be fine I told you and Tia honestly I was ok – see not dead… nearly everything is ok before that…” Luna blinked a couple of times then asked slowly unsure to ask “what … wouldn’t be ok?”
I grinned “Vegan diets and Chastity!” with that Luna gave me an odd look and chuckled at the irony – that could well be my fate here…

Time slipped by, I invited Luna to stay for dinner managing to pull together a vegetarian Chilli bases mostly on onions, beans, chick peas, peas and cheese. My recipe for Texas style Chilli – I was hoping a better reaction from the Princess “mm… tis a tasty dish needs a tad more spice though for my tastes,” I was a little taken aback by most people’s standards it was a hot dish. I chuckled “well I’m glad you enjoyed it and I’ll have to buy some stronger Chili peppers then,”

We got cleaned up and sat to talk in the front room, Luna looked less confident so I decided to step in “Luna… look you look nervous what ever is bugging you its best to get it out in the open trust me I know this well, I’ll promise to be serious and compassionate to whatever you ask or tell me,”
Luna just looked as if I had told her the secret to speaking in public she breathed in then out looking determined she began.
“I want you to stay with me,” in a calm voice this statement came – to my ears I had two ways of taking this data in – one she didn’t want me moving from the capital, 2 did she want me? blink blink “what…” … “wait…what… ok so… right here?”

Author's Note

Hey

sorry about the wait! I've been bloody busy meeting Brony's making bigger sales, reinvesting in the company etc its been hectic!

I think most will enjoy the next chapter I'm actually writing it now too but not done yet silly.

I've been reading a lot of other people's work - WOW theres loads of people who are... well amazing but still I have stories to tell and they'll reach to different people

but it'd be really nice if I didn't get flashes of inspiration for the other ones while I'm trying to write this one... it would make it sooo much easier to just write.

anyways again many thanks I see we're balanced on votes (near enough) I know this isn't for everyone but I assure you further into the story it gets weird good or bad like truth is like a mountain - you can only ever see it from one side :P

see ya - thank you all for following !